20世纪二十年代的旧上海，转行做水果生意的郑木匠（郑鹧鸪 饰）与祝郎中（郑正秋 饰）的店铺隔街相望。所谓红男绿女，郑木匠恋上了祝郎中的女儿（余英 饰），他时不时送对方水果，还帮助祝小姐赶走骚扰的阿飞。两人逐渐坠入情网。
然而当郑木匠登门提亲之时，心有不快的祝郎中却提出一 个苛刻的条件。郑木匠若能让冷清的药铺顾客盈门，便可迎娶祝小姐。这并未难倒郑木匠，他想出了一个绝妙的办法……
本片为是现存尚可放映的最早的一部中国电影，也是中国现存最早的故事片。

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.